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Shrub
Perennial

Non-native: China

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Rare

Look for it in woodland borders, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals

FRUIT:
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Japanese-rose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kerria japonica FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Japanese-rose, Kerria

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